#CA6842#CA6842

#CA6842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.135 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CA6842
RGB	rgb(202, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 35.84, 38.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 52.69, 47.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1016 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.135 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2935, 22.8540, 7.9692)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CA6842 #42A4CA

analogous

#CA4260 #CA6842 #CAAC42

triadic

#CA6842 #42CA68 #6842CA

tetradic

#CA6842 #60CA42 #42A4CA #AC42CA

square

#CA6842 #60CA42 #42A4CA #AC42CA

split-complementary

#CA6842 #42CAAC #4260CA

monochromatic

#723720 #A24E2D #CA6842 #D78E72 #E5B4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CA6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#CA6842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CA6842

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CA6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CA6842	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ca6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.135 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09577',
    500: '#ca6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ca6842;
$custom-light: #e09577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ca6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.765,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CA6842

secondary

#96C1D1

accent

#B5DF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CA6842

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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